Bangladesh cricketers released by PSL teams
|| Desk Report ||
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) released the list of players retained by its franchises earlier today (November 13). The six teams were allowed to retain up to 10 players and will complete the rest of their squads in the players’ draft on November 20 from a pool of over 600 players.
PSL window for trade and retention opened on September 29.
In the trade window, Quetta Gladiators gave up their Diamond round pick to the Sixth Team (previously known as Multan Sultans) as Sohail Tanvir left the latter to join the Gladiators.
Lahore Qalanadars, on the other hand, traded Sunil Narine and Umar Akmal to Quetta Gladiators with Rahat Ali and Hassan Khan. Lahore will take Quetta’s first round Platinum pick and Quetta will get Lahore’s Silver round pick in the second round during the draft.
Karachi Kings deciding against retaining Shahid Afridi became the highlight of the retention window.
All three cricketers from Bangladesh – Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad – were among the released players by their respective teams.
ISLAMABAD UNITED
Retained (10 players): Shadab Khan, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Sami, Asif Ali, Rumman Raees, Hussain Talat, Sahibzada Farhan, Zafar Gohar, Waqas Maqsood
Released: Andre Russell, JP Duminy, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, David Willey, Samuel Badree, Misbah-ul-Haq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain
KARACHI KINGS
Retained (8 players): Mohammad Amir, Baber Azam, Colin Munro, Usman Khan, Colin Ingram (Diamond, Ambassador), Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan , Ravi Bopara
Released: Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Eoin Morgan, Shahid Afridi, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jnr, Hasan Mohsin, Saifullah Bangash
LAHORE QALANDARS
Retained (9 players): Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Anton Devcich, Rahat Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Hassan Khan, Agha Salman, Sohail Akhtar, Haris Sohail
Released: Brendon McCullum, Cameron Delport, Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar, Gulraiz Sadaf
QUETTA GLADIATORS
Retained (9 players): Sarfraz Ahmed, Sunil Narine, Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Nawaz, Rilee Rossouw, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali, Saud Shakil
Released: Mahmudullah Riyad, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Green, Kohler Cadmore, Ben Laughlin, Jason Roy, John Hastings, Carlos Brathwaite, Rashid Khan, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq, Rameez Raja jnr, Saad Ali, Azam Khan, Faraz Ahmad Khan
PESHAWAR ZALMI
Retained (8 players): Wahab Riaz , Hasan Ali , Darren Sammy , Kamran Akmal (Diamond, Ambassador), Liam Dawson , Umaid Asif , Khalid Usman , Sameen Gul
Released: Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Chris Jordan, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Asghar, Dwayne Bravo, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Ibtisam Sheikh, Mohammad Arif
SIXTH TEAM
Retained: Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Shan Masood, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Umar Siddiq, Mohammad Junaid
Released: Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Nicholas Pooran, Ross Whiteley, Hardus Viljoen, Sohaib Maqsood, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Abdullah Shafiq, Saif Badar, Umar Gul
